%0 Journal Article %T Cartas en/desde Berl¨ªn: Morir en Berl¨ªn de Carlos Cerda y El desierto de Carlos Franz %A Lillo C %A Mario %J Acta literaria %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-68482009000200006 %X letters from/in western and eastern berlin are the starting point of this article, in which we examine the illocutionary and perlocutionary strength of this textual type in the novels morir en berl¨ªn by carlos cerda and el desierto by carlos franz. additionally, the article discusses the problems of guilt, forgiveness, memory, told/lived history and some intertexts that link both novels. %K letter %K illocutionary/perlocutionary strength %K guilt %K forgiveness %K memory %K told/ lived history. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-68482009000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en